linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 07/17] key: Remove extraneous parentheses from rcu_assign

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Message-ID: <29983.1340381076@redhat.com>
Date:	Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:04:36 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 07/17] key: Remove extraneous parentheses from rcu_assign_keypointer()

Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> This commit removes the extraneous parentheses from rcu_assign_keypointer()
> so that rcu_assign_pointer() can be wrapped in do-while.

Should it be wrapped in a do-while itself then?

And whilst you're at it, could you wrap PAYLOAD in parentheses?

Thanks,
David
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